Mod Squad - and then there was one.

[Basil]

I used to enjoy the Mood Squad. RIP Clarence Williams (Link) who dies Friday of Colon cancer. Peggy Lipton, who played Julie, died in 2019 of the same thing.

Clarence Williams III, Linc on ‘The Mod Squad,’ Dies at 81

The Harlem-born actor also received a Tony nom and appeared on the big screen in 'Purple Rain,' 'Sugar Hill,' 'Half-Baked' and 'Tales From the Hood.'

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[mikephillips]

Hard to believe he wasn't that much younger than my mom. You tend to think of actors as the age group they were when onscreen and not really aging. Very 1960s view of tv policing back then.

 

[Basil]

Hard to believe he wasn't that much younger than my mom. You tend to think of actors as the age group they were when onscreen and not really aging. Very 1960s view of tv policing back then.

I always watched it because - well, Julie.